WINNER OF THE 2018 LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE

An extension of and a departure from previous explorations of family and art, these poems delve boldly into tangled realities of fatherhood, marriage, and poetry. Dealing with the day-to-day of family life-including the alert anxiety and remarkable beauty of caring for a child with cerebral palsy-these personal narratives illuminate the relationship that exists between poetry and a life fiercely lived.

Craig Morgan Teicher is the author of four books of poetry and fiction and the editor of Once and For All: The Best of Delmore Schwartz (2016). His first book of essays about poetry, We Begin in Gladness: On Poetic Development is forthcoming from Graywolf in 2018. He has worked at Publishers Weekly magazine for the last ten years and is currently Director of Digital Operations, where he manages online operations and assets. He also served as PW's poetry reviews editor for eight years. He is a prolific critic and reviewer of poetry, contributing regularly to The New York Times Book Review, The LA Times, NPR.com, and many other publications. Having previously served on the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle, he currently serves on the board of Alice James Books, and teaches creative writing at New York University and Princeton University.

ONE

Every Turning
Self-Portrait Beside Myself
Free
Night Nurse
Tracheotomy
Video Baby Monitor
Centering
The Hairdryer Chord is All Tangled
Why Poetry: A Partial Autobiography

TWO

Why Poetry: A Partial Autobiography
Nest
Why Poetry: A Partial Autobiography
Apprehension
Where Am I?
In the Waiting Room

THREE

Book Review: The Mountain Lion by Jean Stafford

FOUR

Self-Portrait As the Man I've Become
Letters to Brenda
Which Is the Best Part of the Day?
Low Note
All Elegies
Tomorrow and Tomorrow Again
Edgemont
Gnostic
Another Poem on my Daughter's Birthday